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SOAP ARTICLE (Application filed May 16, 1901.)

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HENRY L. BOSl/VELL, OF CLEVELAND,

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Ol-IIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-EIGHTH TO FRED lVOLTZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SOAP ARTICLE.

SEECIEIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,463, dated June 3, 1902.

Application filed May 16, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. BoswELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AnchorOores forSoap,of which I hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap- IO pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for holding the soap which is always required at a Washstand, laundry, or bathtub in a position where it will be readily accessible to any one using the stand and yet cannot be stolen or removed from the stand and will not lie in the water orupon the wet surface of the stand.

My invention consists in embodying in the cake of soap an anchorcore by means of which the soap can be suspended from or secured conveniently near a wash or laundry stand of any kind, and comprises a thin oval plate cast within the center of the cake of soap and in the holding flanges integral therewith, as hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is 0 a perspective View of a cake of soap in which the anchor-core is embedded; a'nd'Figs. 2 and 3 show central longitudinal sections through the cake of soap, taken at right angles to one another.

In the views, 1 is the cake of soap. 2 is the anchor-core embedded therein, which is here shown as a flattened plate provided with flanges 3, arranged to give as large a surface for resistance as possible. Furthermore, the flanges are arranged so that the strain upon the body of the soap will be as equally distributed as possible. The central or body portion of this retainer or anchor-core for the soap is feather or web shaped and extends practically through the cake of soap, so that the soap will adhere thereto as long as the slightest film thereof is left, and when worn very thin the web will prevent the soap from breaking and becoming disintegrated. An- 50 other important feature is found in the arrangement of the flanges 011 either side of the central web. These flanges are so spaced as to form with the central web between them Serial No. 60,459. (No model.)

grooves into which the fingers of either hand fit when using the soap,and since the fingers are crossed when rubbing the soap the ribs on one side are placed at an angle to the others. The flanges slope gradually into the web portion, so that the fingers will engage all parts thereof and the thinnest layer of soap remaining will be removed. The exteriorly-projecting neck 8 of the core is pro vided with an eye or hook 4, by means of which the cake of soap can be suspended.

The advantages of this device are obvious, since the core is embedded in the center of the soap and so shaped that no soap is wasted. The flanges are not sharp and present no cutting or piercing edges or points to hurt the skin or tear fabric as the soap wears away from the core.

This core cannot be inserted into a cake of soap or withdrawn therefrom, but must be :cast therein as the cake of soap is formed and, will become practically a portion thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A soap-retainer comprising, a body portion web-shaped and designed to extendcen- 8 trally through the cake of soap, in combination with diagonally-placed flanges thereon so arranged upon the web as to form grooves therewith, adapted to be engaged by the fingers of either hand when the soap is nearly exhausted therefrom, substantially as described.

2. A soap-retainer comprising, a body portion of thin web-shaped material, in combination with diagonally-placed flanges thereon, the flanges on one side being placed at an angle to the flanges on the other side, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A soap-retainer, comprising, a webbed central portion and integral projecting perforated handle portion, in combination with diagonal flanges forming grooves with the body portion, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 1:0 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY L. BOSWELL.

Witnesses:

WM. S. SOHWEITZER, RUBY M. Bnowrui. 

